Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-10
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


| THE Greek Archaeological Society is con-
tinuing it's extensive excavations at the Ac-
| ropolis. Many objects Of interest have been
| discovered. The most important is a bronze
statuette 10 inches high. representing Athe-
M, which was found TO the north OF the
| Erectheum. 1t is believed to belong to the
| period prior to the Persian invasion OF
| Greece.
Two newspaper men OF San Diego have
purchased the town Of Lugonia, San Bernar-
| dino county, Cal, outright, paving therefor
$50 600. Tue site embraces seventy-hve acres
/ of the mOst valuable and de-lraDle lana,
| which IS TO be laid out in regular 10" n Sue
| prominent feature of the enterprise is that
the streets will all be named after the differ
| ent newspapers in California.
THE prints of peculiarly arranged teeth
were found in some cheese that was found in
a house in jersey City after burglars visited
| it last week. Partly on suspicion colored
| man was aftCrward arrested and ordered TO
lhte piece of cheese. The marks lett by MS
| teeth on the cheese were the same as those
| on he remnant found in the house after the
burglary, and he was committed for trial.
| REPORTS of the dissertation of the tomb OF
Jefferson at Monticello by relic hunters are
! now stated to be Incorrect. tourist, 1t is
! true, sometimes breaks off small fragment,
| but otherwise, it is said. "there has been no
! dissertation" But it is nevertheless an act of
| outrageous vandalism TO break even the SINAI =
| est piece from the monument, and as IN my
| 4 lit maHes q muckle," it as feared that it
! is only a question of time when the monu-
| ment Will be for the -econd time ruined by So
| called "thoughtless" relic hunters.
NOTHING, perhaps, could give better idea
of the distance India was from England be-
tween seventy and eighty years ago, than the
| fact that George IjI.'s jubilee was ce ebrated
| out there The year after its ce ebratlon a.
| home. 1t was sept in the summer OF 1910.
| Calcutta was Illuminated for the battle OF
| III lot audi Ia ha
| having arrived few days before. Nowadays
| sporting mel do not leave the club at Ala
| habad Tor bed before they have heard what
| horse won the Derby that afternoon.
| THE recent presence in Washington at the
same time OF Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, the
widow of ex-President Grant, and OF Mrs.
Cleveland, the present lady of the White
House, and of Miss Cleveland, the last pre-
ceding lady who held that high positio has
| suggested that perhaps it might be as agree
| able TO the ladies concerned, as it certainly
would be gratifying to those who might visit
| them, if all the ladies now living who have az
any time presided at the Executive Mansion
| could assemble at the national capital and
| hold a reception together IN the White House.
| Eleven ladies are now living who at one time
| or another have done the honOrs of the White
| House.
| WHEN Senator Sherman was Secretary of
the Treasury he went home to Mansfield, o..
| for few days. He was followed by host OF
newspaper correspondents, Some of them
said he was preparing 10 run for Governor,
| others that he was working up Presidential
| boom. One of the correspondents boldly
| asked the Secretary what he was doing in
| Mansfield. lt happened that on that dav
| sherman had contracted with a man to re-
| pair some fences on his place. so he told the
reporter that he had come to Mansfield to
| look after his fences. Thus original ted an ex-
| preston which has had wide use in political
| circles and has even found It's way into the
British House of Parliament.
IT was stated a short time ago that the back
wal of the old Ford's Theatre, where Presi-
dent Lincoln was shot by Booth, and now
used as the Army Medical Museum. was un-
safe and would have to be taken down, but
| architect Clark, of the capitol, examined the
wall and pronounced it safe. He says:
| "W hen the building was purchased from
Ford that wall was bulged eight inches. In
order to make It secure, we erected an inte-
| riOr wall, running all the way up, and an
| chored the outer wall to it. Iron beams were
put IN and iron anchors were extended all the
| way through To the front wall. Not only was
| the outer rear wall secured to the inner, but
! both were bound BIZ the iron anchors to the
| front wall. The building is entirely safe.
| There is no cause whatever for uneasiness."
A LETTER dated Apla, Navigators' Islands,
Dec. l3, says: Terrible news reached this
place few days ago A number of Melanesian
laborers belonging to the island OF Malai-
| ia, in the Solomon group, being on their way
| home, have eaten up the entire crew of the
ship which was conveying them and then
Dlundered the vessel. All Apia is in The great
est excitement, as We thought such an occur
renee no longer possible. Inc Captain aud
mate were residents OF this place. They
leave wives and children. The crew con-
sisted OF PaTatOngans and other Polynesians.
Nothing further Is yet known, and il VIII be
very difficult to hnd out whether any provoca-
ton had been given to the cannllals. / was
at the harbor when these solomon islanders
were shipped. Counting meO, women am
children they numbered about sixty persons"
ANOTHER ocean steamer has Just been saved
by the use of oil bags. The Fern holme sailed
from Newport, Eng, on FEB. %. On March
she was struck by a cyclone and labored SO
fearfully in the frightful seas that 1t was
feared by those on board that she could not
get through safely Four bags were flied
| with oil and one was hung from each b. w and
| over each quarter, when the course was
changed to run from the cntre Of the cyclone.
! After TINS none of the seas broke over the ves-
! sci. This weather continued for three days
when there Wer- signs of mOderating. but the
hurricane broke out airesh and thu. h . was
kept head 10 the sea. The tcmpest con ipuei
without atlng for three days longer when
! The wind Oecame lighter and the sea lEoder
| ated. The next day. however, The gall blew
W tn renewed vigir ana the ship labor, d bad
| ly, but the oil kept the seas from breaking on
| board. 1t was not until Wednesday tnat the
| weather mod rated again. The Captain used
| about thirty gallons OF OF during the bad
| weather. but IL saved the vessel. lie has used
! oil on such occasions for several wears and al
ways carries Il barrel of it to sea for emergen-
cies OF this kind.
WoRKMEN engaged in digging for a founda-
ton for the new boiler house in the rear of the
main building OF the United states Mint, in
Philadelphia, found Two relics One is a
much corroded six pound cannon ball. 1t was
found at a depth Of nine feet. 1t was i'm
bedded in vein Of brick clay that extends
from Broad street eastward. The ball has
been paced In one OF the cases OF relics IN the
mint museum. Supt. FOX's theory is that he
British army, viii e in Uossesslun OF PIN ABEL
PIMA during tue revolutionary war. had "a bat
terry planted upon the lot Of new ground oc-
Cupled by the mint aud tua: the bail had ac-
cideutalty been drOppe and rolled. unob-
served, into the grass covered soil. and that
in later years II had been covered by the fiji
ing IN of the ground to brinS /, up 10 the
standard leve'. Thr Other relic Is q Wash ny
ton button. 1t was found IN the same locantv
as the cannon bali, but Eot 50 lar beneath the
surface. IL was the custom of the people in
Philadelphia in former times to celebrate
great eve IT'S by the wearing OF such buttons
and medals. The button has upon it this in
scriptlou: Memorable Era. March 4. 1850"
IL also has upon IL the representation OF an ca
gle. Clutched IN one talon are three arrows;
IN the other an olive branch A shield on The
cages breast mas upon 1t the stars and
stripes, One of these buttons has for many
years been incased among the rare medals
and butlOns in the museum.